Jordan Noel’s THIS WORLD ALONE won the top Hoka award for Best Narrative Feature, and Suzannah Herbert and Lauren Belfer’s WRESTLE won for Best Documentary Feature at the 2019 Oxford Film Festival.
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THIS WORLD ALONE, WRESTLE, THE GOSPEL OF EUREKA Win at 2019 Oxford Film Festival
This World Alone by Jordan Noel
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2019 Tribeca Film Festival to Open with World Premiere of Documentary THE APOLLO
The 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T, will open with the world premiere of director Roger Ross Williams and HBO’s new documentary film The Apollo. Helmed by the Oscar and Emmy-winning Williams (Music by Prudence; Life, Animated), The Apollo chronicles the unique history and contemporary legacy of the New York City landmark, the Apollo Theater.
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LGBTQ Thriller DEVIL’S PATH Headed to March Release Date
Devil’s Path Writer/director Matthew Montgomery’s Devil’s Path follows two men who meet up in a popular wilderness park for a casual hookup. Winner of Best First Narrative Feature and Best Supporting Actor at FilmOut San Diego, Devil’s Path opens in Los Angeles on March 1, DVD and VOD on March 5.
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World Premiere of Netflix’s ‘Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City’ to Open 2019 San Francisco International Film Festival
San Francisco International Film Festival The 2019 San Francisco International Film Festival will kick off with the World Premiere of Netflix’s new original series Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City, on Wednesday, April 10, 7:00 pm at the Castro Theatre. Showrunner, writer, and executive producer Lauren Morelli; director and executive producer Alan Poul; author and executive producer Armistead Maupin; and star and executive producer Laura Linney are expected to attend and participate in a post-screening Q&A.
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Alison Klayman’s Fly-On-The-Wall Steve Bannon Doc THE BRINK Opens on March 29
Steve Bannon in THE BRINK directed by Alison Klayman The Brink is a startling new documentary directed and filmed by Alison Klayman (Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, Take Your Pills) that follows former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon as he takes his effort to spread extreme nationalism from the U.S. to the rest of the world. With unprecedented access, Klayman’s fly-on-the-wall historical document employs a vérité approach that aims to expose Bannon’s tactics, including his relationship with the media. The Brink received its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and opens theatrically in New York at the IFC Center (and in Los Angeles) on Friday, March 29. A national expansion will follow.
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Las Vegas Film Festival Announces 2019 Dates + New Sponsor
The 2019 Las Vegas Film Festival is scheduled to take place April 28 through May 5, with the majority of the Festival taking place in venues around Downtown Las Vegas, and some events held at the Brenden Theatres and Palms Casino Resort, which has served as home to the Festival for the past two years. Additionally, Zappos has signed on as a presenting sponsor of the eight-day Festival.
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BFI London Film Festival Announces 2019 Dates
LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 05: (L-R) Actors Jack Davenport, Laura Carmichael, Tom Felton, Rosamund Pike, director Amma Asante and actors David Oyelowo and Jessica Oyelowo attend the ‘A United Kingdom’ photocall during the 60th BFI London Film Festival at The Mayfair Hotel on October 5, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by John Phillips/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Jack Davenport; Laura Carmichael; Tom Felton; Rosamund Pike; Amma Asante; David Oyelowo; Jessica Oyelowo The BFI London Film Festival today confirmed the dates for the Festival’s 63rd edition which will take place from October 2nd to 13th, 2019, led by Festival Director Tricia Tuttle in her second year leading the team after serving as Artistic Director in 2018.
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Globetrotting Thriller THE WEDDING GUEST Starring Dev Patel Sets March 1 Release Date
The Wedding Guest The Wedding Guest, the globetrotting thriller from acclaimed director Michael Winterbottom is described as a breathless tour through the shadowy underworlds and hidden realms of Pakistan and India. The film starring Dev Patel, Radhika Apte and Jim Sarbh will open in theaters on Friday, March 1st, 2019 in New York and Los Angeles.
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Berlin Film Festival Pulls Zhang Yimou’s ONE SECOND, and Announces 2020 Dates
Yi miao zhong (One Second) by Zhang Yimou In a statement released today, the Berlin International Film Festival announced that due to technical difficulties encountered during post-production, Yi miao zhong (One Second) by Zhang Yimou unfortunately will not be presented on February 15 in the scope of the Competition section of the Berlinale. The competition will thus feature a total of 16 films vying for the coveted Bear awards.
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2019 Santa Barbara International Film Festival Awards: IN LOVE AND WAR Wins Audience Award
IN LOVE AND WAR (krig & kærlighed) Kasper Torsting’s In Love and War (I krig & kærlighed) was voted winner of the Audience Choice Award at the 2019 Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The film also won the Valhalla Award for Best Nordic Film. 1917: A Danish soldier fighting under the German regime fakes his own death to escape the horrors in the trenches and return to his wife and son-only to find that everything has changed.
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Satiric Comic Fantasy “2050” Starring Dean Cain Opens on Valentine’s Day
2050 starring Dean Cain The award-winning, satiric comic fantasy “2050” starring Dean Cain, will kick off its theatrical release, beginning on Valentine’s Day, at “home” in New York City, where the film was shot. The film will open in NYC on February 14th, before heading to several other cities thereafter.
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THE FAVOURITE and ROMA Dominate BAFTA Awards
Emma Stone and Olivia Colman in the film THE FAVOURITE. Photo by Yorgos Lanthimos.ʩ 2018 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation The Favourite won seven BAFTAs at the EE British Academy Film Awards including the award for Outstanding British Film, with Olivia Colman receiving the BAFTA for Leading Actress, Rachel Weisz taking Supporting Actress and Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara winning Original Screenplay. Sandy Powell won Costume Design, Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton won Production Design and Nadia Stacey won Make Up & Hair.